Kimberly Clark does the right thing, and our noses and nethers are happier for it!

Few crafts are as reuse-friendly as the fine art of transforming scrap paper and cotton fibers into unique sheets of handmade paper.

Danny Seo visits the Marcal paper factory, where they've been using recycled paper products for decades.

As kids and teens head back to school, here’s how to pick and choose eco-friendly school supplies.

A two-year campaign convinced Victoria's Secret to go green with a sustainable program for the 360 million catalogs they mail annually. Let's hope their decision wakes up other catalog giants.

And now for some good news: A new study finds that forests are experiencing a regrowth — and not just in the United States.

I confess: I am a catalog junkie. I'm addicted to my daily fix and cutting back—even to save a few trees—won't be easy.

Everyone's talking about energy; the ways we spend it, where we get it, and what we need to do to save it. Danny Seo shares some truths about how our everyday choices have an impact on our planet.

Here’s a tip for the week ahead: Take a kid for a walk in the woods, and explain to her why forests are so important. They absorb CO2 and release oxygen. They guard against erosion. They provide food and shelter to zillions of the planet’s creatures. Teach a child about forests, and encourage her to help these ecosystems thrive.

So suggests 365 Ways to Save the Earth (Abrams, 2005), for the day of August 16. This relatively compact coffee-table book, with an introduction by Elizabeth Kolbert, features stunning photos of nature around the world – from Greenland’s glaciers to Kenya’s flamingos to Uganda’s mountains to the deserts of Egypt and the treasures of Australia’s oceans. But the tantalizing pictures, from French photographer Philippe Bourseiller, are just one half of the book – the motivation for the accompanying messages. 365 Ways is a how-to guide, a daily manual for living a more Earth-friendly existence.

The U.S. division of Random House, the world's largest trade book publisher, has vowed that, by 2010, a third of the paper it uses to print books will be recycled stock. The company now uses just three percent recycled paper, but plans to spend millions of dollars to increase that number to 30 percent over the next four years. According to Random House, that will save 550,000 trees each year.